[RP TownTalk] Interesting Use of Eminent Domain

[Regina Kreger]

I find it very interesting -- less for the condos, more for the Douglas Development properties.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Maureen E. Farrington" <freckles at portal.nothingbutshell.net>
> To: TownTalk <TownTalk at riverdale-park.org>
> Subject: [RP TownTalk] Interesting Use of Eminent Domain
> Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 14:11:47 -0400 (EDT)
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> While I'm not entirely sure how I feel about condos near the town center,
> I found this article to be an interesting case of how a community handled
> unwanted development.
> 
> -Maureen
> 4605 Queensbury
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> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/05/23/state/n220735D26.DTL&type=politics
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> Hercules uses eminent domain to keep out Wal-Mart
> 
> By JUSTIN M. NORTON, Associated Press Writer
> 
> Tuesday, May 23, 2006
> 
> (05-23) 23:28 PDT HERCULES, Calif. (AP) --
> A San Francisco suburb voted Tuesday night to use the power of eminent
> domain to keep Wal-Mart Stores Inc. off a piece of city land after hearing
> from dozens of residents who accused the big-box retailer of engaging in
> scare tactics to force its way into the bedroom community.
> 
> The overflow crowd that packed into the tiny Hercules City Hall cheered
> after the five-person City Council voted unanimously to use the unusual
> tactic to seize the 17 acres where Wal-Mart intended to build a shopping
> complex.
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